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A Day with Scott – May Byron – Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Publishers London As morning slowly lightened above the flow of the river Tweed, running broad and luminous over its pearl-white pebbles, Walter Scott, arrayed in a rough shooting-jacket, might have been seen lightning his library fire and seating himself at […]
Carlyle’s statue, Ecclefechan Scotiana 2004 Hi Janice ! How interesting your post about Carlyle! You know, I remember pretty well the quiet village of Ecclefechan, near the town of Moffat, having gone there in 2004 and 2006. We found Carlyle’s grave, with its two enigmatic dragon heads carved on the stone […] . Mc Gill University Book Fair – Montreal I’m sure you know where I was last week Mairiuna ;-). You’ve guessed! That’s right, in the Redpath Hall of Montreal’s oldest university, the McGill University, toting my own box in which I’ve managed to haul almost fifty books on mainly Scottish related subjects. Wow…you […] Doctor Ure – President of Anderson College From a vision to reality… One hundred and seventy-five years ago, on the 20th December, 1825, in the hall of Anderson’s College, the principal citizens of Glasgow heard the President of the College, Doctor Ure, conclude his address with the confident prophecy that “the time […] |
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